The Museum of Broken Relationships in Los Angeles exhibits the wreckage of lost love. On show are everyday objects submitted by ordinary people who have gone through a breakup or lost a loved one – the jilted and bitter, the nostalgic, the relieved. It is a collection of personal mementoes that permits a voyeuristic glimpse into a very private realm. The most mundane tokens – a watch, a bottle opener, a Zippo lighter – take on a strong emotional charge. [...]
The Museum of Broken Relationships was originally conceived in 2006 by two Croatian artists who, having split up, were about to throw out the detritus of their love affair – the small gifts, the photos – but decided that their time together should instead be celebrated. They opened premises in Zagreb in 2010 and now their collection has a second permanent home in LA. What better location than the heart of Hollywood – where dreams are supposed to come true but so often don’t and where shining new stories turn out to be full of tawdry cliches? Equally fitting, it has opened on the Hollywood Boulevard site of an iconic lingerie shop that went bankrupt.
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